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Before Using your Dishwasher
Water hardness varies
according to where you
live. If the water in your
home is hard, without water
softening, incrustations
would form on your dishes.
Your dishwasher is fitted
with a water softener which
uses special salt to get rid
of limescale in the water.
Adjusting the water
softener.
Your dishwasher can ad-
just its salt consumption
according to the hardness
of the water in your home.
This way, you can
optimise and customise
your dishwasher's salt
consumption.
To adjust salt
consumption, do as
follows:
1. Unscrew the salt
container cap
2. There is an arrow on the
neck of the container
(see figure): if
necessary, turn the
arrow anti-clockwise
from the "-" setting to
the "+" setting.
Select the arrow position
depending on the water
hardness, referring to the
table.
To prevent rust
from forming, load
the salt just before
beginning a wash
cycle.
You don't know
how hard the
water in your
home is? Ask the
company that
supplies water in
your area.
Filling the salt container.
Always use salt which is
intended for dishwasher
use.
The salt container is
situated underneath the
lower basket, fill it up as
follows:
1.Pull out the lower basket
completely, unscrew
and remove the
container cap
2. If it is the first time you
add the salt, first fill the
container up with water
(you won't have to do
this again next time)
3. Put the dishwasher
funnel on the hole and
pour in approximately
two kilos of salt. It is
normal that some water
comes out of the
container.
4. Screw the cap back in
place carefully.
When to add salt:
The salt container should
be filled up when the low
salt indicator light “S”
flashes.
The dishwasher will re-
mind you to do so for five
consecutive wash cycles.
Salt
WARNING:
DO NOT pour detergent
into the special salt con-
tainer - This will destroy the
water softener.
Hardness of the water
°dH °fH °mmol/l
Selector
knob
position
Salt
consumption
(grams/cycle)
Autonomy
(cycles/2 kg)
0 - 10 0 - 17 0 - 1.7 / 0 /
10 – 25 18 – 44 1.8 – 4.4 - 20 60
25 – 50 45 – 89 4.5 – 8.9 MED 40 40
> 50 > 89 > 8.9 + 60 25
Only use products
which have been
specifically designed for
dishwashers.
Do not use table salt or
industrial salt, or
washing up liquid.
Follow the instructions
given on the packaging.
When necessary,
measure out the salt before
a wash cycle so that any
saline solution which has
leaked out of the salt
dispenser is removed.
